The Municipality of Maldonado is one of the eight municipalities of Maldonado Department, Uruguay. It was created by Law N° 18653 of 15 March 2010.
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Location
The municipality is located at the south area of the department, and it has a total area of 192 km² (a 4.01% of the department area) and a population of around 105000 inhabitants (55.12% of the department population).
Limits
According to the Decree of the Departmental Board of Maldonado N° 3862 of 11 February 2010, the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality was established as follows:
Settlements
The following populated places are part of this municipality:
Abra de Perdomo
Barrio Hipódromo
Canteras de Marelli
Cerro Pelado
Chihuahua
Laguna del Diario
Laguna del Sauce
Las Cumbres
Los Ceibos
Los Corchos
Maldonado
Pinares-Las Delicias
Portezuelo
Punta Ballena
Constituencies
According to the Decree of the Departmental Board of Maldonado N° 3909 of 2 December 2004, the following electoral series and constituencies were ordered:
DAA: Centro
DAC: Los Ceibos
DAD: Punta Ballena
DAE: Pinares
DAF: Cerro Pelado
DAG: Hipódromo
DAH: Maldonado Nuevo
DAI: El Jagüel
DAJ: Las Delicias
Authorities
The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors.